On Wednesday, several San Antonio and Austin Labor Unions announced their endorsement of Greg Casar for Congress. Casar, an Austin City Council member, is running to represent TX-35 in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Communications Workers of America District...
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Progressive group secures enough signatures for Austin ballot initiative
Ground Game Texas, an Austin-based progressive non-profit organization has announced that they have secured enough signatures for the Austin Freedom Act of 2021, a ballot initiative which would decriminalize marijuana and ban no-knock warrants. The 30,000 signatures...
Sunrise Movement endorses Jessica Cisneros for Congress
The youth environmental group, Sunrise Movement, has officially endorsed Jessica Cisneros for Texas’ 28th Congressional District. Cisneros is running against Henry Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress, who notably opposes much of Biden’s Build...
Op-ed: Beto’s in, Abbott should be worried
On Monday, former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced his candidacy for governor of Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to pull out the usual Republican talking points about socialism and gun control, two things Beto O’Rourke is absolutely not running on. For...
The Chinese business interests behind Trump’s social media site
Last night, news broke that former President Donald Trump was launching a new company with the goal of creating a new social network, ironically called TRUTH Social. The new company, called Trump Media and Technology Group, will oversee TRUTH Social operations, and...
Op-Ed: Step up for Afghan refugees
On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing them into the World Trade Center. None of the nineteen hijackers were Afghan nationals. Weeks after the attack, the United States announced that U.S. armed forces had launched...
Protestors demand the resignation of City of San Marcos leadership
Protestors, friends, and family of Jennifer Miller, a woman killed in a car crash in the summer of 2020 by off-duty San Marcos Police Officer Sgt. Ryan Hartman, gathered outside of San Marcos City Hall to demand the resignation of city leadership. Protestors are...
Op-ed: Joe Manchin it’s time to stop obstructing Biden’s agenda
Senator Joe Manchin, one of the most conservative Democrats in the Senate, has become a household name thanks to his signature brand of obstructing any attempt by President Biden to improve the material conditions of Americans. The mainstream media and pundits on TV...
Op-Ed: Nihilism won’t save Gen Z, or this planet
As a member of Generation Z, aka Zoomer, I feel I am in a unique position to discuss the future my generation has to live with. Generation Z, or those born between 1995 and 2010 are some of the youngest members of our society. We’ve grown up in a world full of war,...
Op-Ed: Socialism isn’t scaring away Latinos, it’s uniting us.
Another election has passed with another Republican victory in South Texas. Political pundits and the media are convinced that the once Democratic stronghold of South Texas is turning more and more Republican because of socialism. That couldn’t be further from the...